Re: [cobalt-developers] Peer review needed: Message board

["Matthew Nuzum" <cobalt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> "Matthew Nuzum" <cobalt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Maybe tomorrow, if not, then probably Wednesday.  This will be my first
in
> > two areas:
> > Making an RPM from scratch and
> > Making a PKG from scratch.
> >
> > I'm going to try to use some of Taco's work in the neomail area to speed
> the
> > process.
>
> Matt,
>
> There are PDF files on developer.cobalt.com that describe how to create
PKG
> files and there are also template PKG files for the different platforms.
If
> you haven't read the PDF file I suggest reading it in detail.  To access
the
> site you need to register, but it's a painless process.  Be advised that
if
> you use the register_me functionality, it's best to make that clear to
your
> users in advacne and to optionally provide a version without a register_me
> file.  As far as building RPMs goes, this doc is probably a good place to
> start.
>
> http://www.rpmdp.org/rpmbook/
>
Thanks for the link!  That's very handy, I've been looking around for that.

The pkg files are no problem.  I've been dis-assembling those for years now.
The problem really lies in the fact that we have a non-binary file.
Therefore all of the example SPEC files I find really don't apply.

For those of you that have done this before, maybe you can help me.  Here is
the part I'm stuck on:

%prep
rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
%setup

%install
mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/home/bboard
mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/home/bboard/sitefiles
install * $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/home/bboard

There are several folders, so when it get's to the last line, install
chokes:
install: `images' is a directory
Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.14661 (%install)

Apparently install isn't recursive, so I guess I can't do install *, right?
I have to either list each file separately (there are 72 files) or use
something besides install.

I replaced
install * $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/home/bboard
with
cp -R * $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/home/bboard
and everything seemed to work.  I got an error for every file saying that it
was listed twice, but otherwise it looks like it works.  The only problem is
that there are no RPM files.  There are no SRPM files.  There is a folder in
the BUILD directory with all of the source files in it.

Anyone have any helpful pointers?

Matt Nuzum


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